It does this by incorporating leisure and entertainment options like live musical performances, nature walks through airport gardens, and a swimming pool.

And although a lounge chair might not be necessary to get from point A to B, way-finding signage and effective processing terminals are.

It’s something U.S. airports, none of which appear on the list, heard loud and clear when U.S. vice president Joe Biden likened New York LaGuardia Airport to a hub of a third-world country earlier this year.

The world’s ten best airports are listed below, and the top five can be seen in the slideshow above: